; Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 10:08:59 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-10-02 (Atomic Atom [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021019101035.2b5f7dfa@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- October 19, 2002 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Mandelbrot midgets are sometimes called atoms. Today's image ; shows one of these atoms, this one in the fractal that results ; when a negative portion of Z^1.5 is mixed with half as much ; negative Z^3, and 1/C is added. But this is not all bad, for ; though the portions are negative, the result is positive. ; ; The atom (midget) at the center is the center of attention. It ; lies in a spiral in a broad blunt valley of the parent fractal, ; which is a monstrously bloated, oversized thing that cannot be ; described, and must be seen to be believed. No wonder I named ; the image "Atomic Atom". ; ; When considering what rating I should give the image, I was ; struck by the fact that, despite the generating formula and ; grotesque shape of the parent fractal, today's scene could ; easily lie in the classic Mandelbrot set. It contains little ; that cannot be found in the well-known East Valley area of the ; M-set. I could therefore rate it no higher than a 4, which is ; only a little below average. ; ; And now I must make a confession. I actually had found a far ; better fractal for today's FOTD, but in my haste I shut down the ; program without saving the image or parameters, and the image ; went back to that vast reservoir where undiscovered fractals ; exist. Oh well, no one is perfect. ; ; The render time of 7 minutes from the parameter file is a bit ; slow, but still reasonable, especially considering that it's ; Saturday, when many are off from work. And as always, the ; completed GIF image will promptly be available on Paul's FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; and on Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; The weather Friday here at Fractal Central was a splendid ; example of Autumn in this part of the world -- deep blue skies ; filled with fluffy white clouds, invigorating north winds, and a ; temperature of 59F 15C. The dynamic duo of fractal cats voiced ; their approval by getting into a noisy quarrel on the porch in ; the afternoon. Only they know what they started fighting about, ; but common sense prevailed, and the affair ended before blows ; were struck. ; ; Today is starting cloudy however. I'd better give the grass one ; final trimming before rain starts to fall. Until tomorrow, take ; care, and continue taking care. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Atomic_Atom { ; time=0:07:09.46--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.48448032436812880/+0.442663060375871\ 70/5.796793e+009/1/170/-5.33961781627040333e-006 params=-1.4/1.5/-0.7/3/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=119 periodicity=10 colors=000e0bf0`g0Yh0Wi0Tj1Qk2Ol3Ml4Jj5Oh6Tf7Xd8aa\ 9e_AjYBnWCsUDw0Ix3Ku6Lr9MoCOlFPiIQfLScOT`RUYUWVXXS\ _XPbVN_UHXTBUS5SR0RS4QW8P_BPcFOgINkMNoQMsTLwXLz_Nt\ aOncPheQbgSYiTSkUMmVGoWBq_HncMkgShkXfoacsg`wlYzqWr\ oVknUdlTYkSQjRJhQCgP5fP7hT9jWBlZDmaFoeHqhJskLtnOhm\ RYmUNmXCmSAmN8mI6mE5mDDlCKkBSjBZjATW9NI9I4CJ6EK8HL\ 9JMBLNDOOEQOGSPIVQJXRLZSNaTOcUQeUR`SVWQZRObMMfHKjC\ In8GqQ9Tg24e58d8BcBFbEIaHM`KP_NTZQWYT_XWbWZfVaiXI6\ _G7bF8eD9hCAkAAn9Bq7Ct6Dw4Ez3EdMVJdkKcjLbiMaiLcgbY\ HbZDbZ9cXAdVBeUBfSCfQDgPDhNEiLFjKFjIGkGHlFHmDInBJn\ AJjBIfCHbDGZEFVFERGDOHCKIBGJACK98L84M71M63Q54T56X4\ 7_49c3Af3Cj2Dm2Fq1Gt1Hw1Gw2Fw3Fw3Ew4Ew4Dw5Cw6Cw6Bw\ 7Bw7Hm8Mc8RU9XK9aAAf1Ag2Eh3Hi4Kj5Nj5Qk6Tl7Wm8Zo9aq\ 9dsAguBjwCmyDpzDszBtzAuz9vz8wz7xz6yz7zz8zz9zzAzzBz\ zCzzDzzEzzFzzFzzFzzBzz7zz9zzBzzDzzFzzHzzJzzLzzMzzO\ zzQzzSzzUzzWzzYzz_zz`zzXz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;